I highly recommend the forum's own David Berchtold's CD Things I've Seen. Great fingerpicking and flatpicking. Excellent compositions. He and his Acoustic Lead Guitar Player, Dave Fryer, are musically "joined at the hip". They really work well together. The recording is excellent and the mastering knows how to stay out of the way of the acoustic sound. I guess you can tell I like it. So will you! Here's David's website....http://www.dberch.com/index.html

And here's one of David's tunes I took the liberty of placing on my webspace. He lists his influences as Gregg Allman and Jorma. This tune has a real Dead quality as well (as in Grateful) Enjoy!Waiting On Charlie - David Berchtold

Just send me an email, say you'd like a CD and ask for my mailing address. Then send me a check for $10 + $2 shipping. That'll save you $3 from what you'd pay on CDBaby. Soon as I get a check I'll pop a CD in the mail for you.

And remember, buy 10 and get one free! :)

Thanks for your interest, folks! I really respect the talented and knowledgable people on this forum, and your postive feedback means a lot to me.

David

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So many songs - so little time...Finger Picking good Folk, Blues, Gospel, Roots, Rags, and Originalswww.davidberchtold.com

I went to your website. Thanks for posting the MP3s for dialup. It didn't take long at all, and the music is wonderful! What guitar were you playing. (I apologize if you've already answered that question).

Glad you like it! My Collings D1A is on most of the tracks, but I also used my Ovation (on "Windy and Warm" and "Often the Distance") and my Larrivee D-05 (on "Thoughts"). The intro to "Shrug" (1st track) is a borrowed Martin 000-28EC. Almost every thing else is either my Collings, or Dave Fryer's Tacoma DR18.

I'll be happy to answer any question about recording technique and equipment and instruments used. The entire CD was recorded on home equipment. I don't claim to be an expert, but I'm proud of how it turned out and I really learned a lot in the process.

David

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So many songs - so little time...Finger Picking good Folk, Blues, Gospel, Roots, Rags, and Originalswww.davidberchtold.com

The CD features a nice selection of playing styles and music genres including some vocals. The recording sounds great on my higher end stereo system (another of my expensive hobbies). Just wondering, were the various guitars used in this CD picked to match the particular songs or more for the sake of variety?